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hymn-book
n. (alternative spelling of hymnbook English)
Usage examples of "hymn-book".
Sally came out of their house door, and behind them quiet, devout Edi and Ritz with hymn-books under their arms.
When a Sunday school superintendent makes his customary little speech, a hymn-book in the hand is as necessary as is the inevitable sheet of music in the hand of a singer who stands forward on the platform and sings a solo at a concert –.
When a Sunday-school superintendent makes his customary little speech, a hymn-book in the hand is as necessary as is the inevitable sheet of music in the hand of a singer who stands forward on the platform and sings a solo at a concert -- though why, is a mystery: for neither the hymn-book nor the sheet of music is ever referred to by the sufferer.